Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire awarded to Miss Margaret Waller

Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Civil), privately engraved ‘Margaret Waller’, extremely fine £240-£280

Medal of the Order of the British Empire London Gazette 15 January 1919:
‘For courage in helping the injured on the occasion of a serious explosion in a filling factory. She was severely cut by falling glass, but remained at work until she had to be taken to hospital.’

A portrait of the recipient is held in the Imperial War Museum’s ‘Women’s Work Collection.’